From a small Liberal Arts college to the world: Our blended courses, SPOC, and MOOCs in Italian Studies
| Published | May 2017 |
| Conference | 5th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, EMOOCs 2017, Madrid, Spain, May 22-26, 2017, Digital Education: Out to the World and Back to the Campus |
| Series | Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI Edition 1, Volume 10254, Pages 3-9 |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Editors | Kloos, Carlos Delgado · Jermann, Patrick · Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar · Seaton, Daniel T. · White, Su |
| Country | Spain, Europe |
ABSTRACT
In this contribution I focus on the structure and contents of an online course in the Italian language and culture offered through different venues and formats, i.e. as a summer SPOC (Small Private Online Course); as a blended course on our campus and at MIT, and as a MOOC on the edX platform. I present and analyze some data on students' perception of the effectiveness of different online learning tools from a survey sent to all learners (MOOC and campus). Finally, I propose some concrete steps to advance our Italian language academic programs: these include the creation of a platform to share our best practices, evaluate our programs and assess learning outcomes.| Keywords | blended learning · Italian · language teaching · MOOC · SPOC |
| Published at | Madrid |
| ISBN | 978-3-319-59044-8 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-59044-8_1 |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59044-8_1 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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